Adventure 1945  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully, John Qualen, Richard Haydn, Lina Romay, Philip Merivale, Harry Davenport
This film marked Clark Gable's return to the screen following World War II. The story line is weak–a worldly sailor (Clark Gable) marries a prim librarian (Greer Garson). Not even Joan Blondell's comedic talents can help this one.
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Blossoms in the Dust 1941  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence
This is the true story of Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) who started the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society in Fort Worth. Edna's early life was hard until she met and married Samuel (Walter Pidgeon), the owner of a flour mill in Texas. After their baby died in infancy and she couldn't have more children, she decided to start the Children's Home, specializing in illegitimate children (a problem that had hurt her in the past). After her husband's death, Edna became a strong force in changing laws relevant to illegitimacy. The heavy melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Interior Set Decoration and was nominated for three others, including Best Picture and Actress.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Judith Furse, Edmund Breon, Milton Rosmer, Frederick Leister, Austin Trevor, Lyn Harding, Louise Hampton, David Tree, Jill Furse, Scott Sunderland
Mr. Chips (Robert Donat) is the Latin teacher at a London boys' school. This is his story–from young teacher, through the tragic death of his wife Katherine (Greer Garson) in childbirth, to beloved teacher at the end of his career. Robert Donat won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film. The movie received several other important nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Greer Garson), and Director.
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The Happiest Millionaire 1967 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Greer Garson, Geraldine Page, Gladys Cooper, Hermione Baddeley, Lesley Ann Warren, John(2) Davidson, William Wellman Jr., Sean McClory
Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray) has his hands full of complications when his daughter, Cordy (Lesley Ann Warren), falls in love with Angier Buchanan Duke (John Davidson). There are several versions out there of different lengths. Disney.
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Julia Misbehaves 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Nigel Bruce, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, Reginald Owen, Ian Wolfe
When Susan (Elizabeth Taylor) is preparing for her marriage, her mother, Julia (Greer Garson), returns after a 20-year absence and upsets the bride AND the father of the bride (Walter Pidgeon).
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Julius Caesar 1953  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien, George Macready, Michael Pate, Richard Hale, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, William Cottrell, Tom Powers, Ian Wolfe
This rendition of Shakespeare's play is excellent. Marlon Brando's performance as Mark Anthony is powerful, and James Mason's portrayal of Brutus is just as good. The film received an Oscar for Art Direction/Set Decoration and had four other nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Brando).
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The Law and the Lady 1951  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main, Rhys Williams, Hayden Rorke, Margalo Gillmore, Ralph Dumke, Natalie Schafer, Soledad Jimenez
This is the third remake of "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." The story is about a team of jewel thieves (Greer Garson and Michael Wilding) who pose as nobility to get close to their upper-crust society victims.
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 Little Women 1978 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Meredith Baxter, Susan Dey, Ann Dusenberry, Greer Garson, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Plumb, William Shatner, Robert Young, Cliff Potts, John de Lancie, Richard Gilliland, William Schallert, Virginia Gregg, Joyce Bulifant, Carlene Watkins
This is a good TV adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's famous novel about the four March sisters–Meg (Meredith Baxter), Jo (Susan Dey), Amy (Ann Dusenberry), and Beth (Eve Plumb)–growing up in the Civil War era. Dorothy McGuire and Greer Garson are particularly good in their roles as Marmee and Aunt Katherine March.
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Madame Curie 1943 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, C. Aubrey Smith, Albert Bassermann, Victor Francen, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson
This biography of Marie Curie (Greer Garson) and her discovery of radium is both educational and entertaining. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor (Walter Pidgeon), and Actress (Garson).
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Mrs. Miniver 1942 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, Miles Mander, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams, Mary Field, Brenda Forbes, Helmut Dantine, Tom Conway
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of a British family who holds things together as World War II closes in around them. While she tends to the children and her garden, her husband Clem (Walter Pigeon) takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, German bombs are dropping on their peaceful village, and the eldest son Vin (Richard Ney) falls in love with upper-crust Carol (Teresa Wright). The family seems able to face the tragedies of the war, but will the war take its toll on their young love? This film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actress (Garson), and Supporting Actress (Wright). It also won two more Oscars and was nominated for six others, including Best Actor (Pidgeon), Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), and Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty).
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Mrs. Parkington 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle, Gladys Cooper, Lee Patrick, Rod Cameron, Hans Conried
MGM teamed up that "perfect" couple, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, in this family saga of a wealthy New York family: the Parkingtons. Garson received her fifth Academy Award nomination for her role of a hotel maid who marries an oil man and takes her place in the elite New York society.
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 Pride and Prejudice 1940  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edmund Gwenn, Melville Cooper, Edna May Oliver, Ann Rutherford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frieda Inescort, Karen Morley, Heather Angel, Marsha Hunt, Bruce Lester, Marten Lamont, Edward Ashley
Set in 19th-century England, Jane Austen's comedy of manners tells the dilemma of five unmarried sisters. One of them, Elizabeth (Greer Garson), is enamored with Darcy (Laurence Olivier), and this spurs on the other sisters–Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), Lydia (Ann Rutherford), Kitty (Heather Angel), and Mary (Marsha Hunt)–to find their own romances.
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Random Harvest 1942 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Una O'Connor, Alan Napier, Elisabeth Risdon
Star-crossed lovers (Ronald Colman and Greer Garson) fall in love and marry only to discover that he had amnesia and has now regained his memory–but not of recent events, including his wife. But she remains devoted to him hoping that he will resume his love for her. An excellent film which received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Colman), Supporting Actress (Susan Peters) and Director.
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The Singing Nun 1965  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Katharine Ross, Ed Sullivan, Chad Everett, Juanita Moore, Tom Drake, Ricky Cordell
This is the biography of a Dominican nun whose song became a hit in America. Despite the good song, and having Debbie in it, the film still has a mild odor.
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Sunrise at Campobello 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen, Tim Considine, Ann Shoemaker, Lyle Talbot, Walter Sande, Herbert Anderson, Zina Bethune
This story is centered on Franklin D. Roosevelt's bout with polio and how he learned to deal with misfortune. Greer Garson is a very believable Eleanor helping her husband through troubled times and she was nominated for an Oscar.
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That Forsythe Woman 1949 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Compton Bennett
Cast: Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young, Janet Leigh, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, Stanley Logan, Lumsden Hare, Aubrey Mather
Based on John Galsworthy's novel, "The Man of Property," from "The Forsythe Saga," Soames Forsythe's (Errol Flynn) marriage goes on the rocks, and the split has repercussions that echo throughout the family.
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That's Entertainment, Part II 1976 G, 130 min.
Genre: Family / Documentary / Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Kathryn Grayson, Doris Day, Jeanette MacDonald, Greer Garson, Nelson Eddy, Leslie Caron, Ann Miller, Ann Sothern
Hosts Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly introduce classic M.G.M. film clips in this well-made documentary filled with snapshots of film history that include musicals, dramas, and comedies.
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The Valley of Decision 1945 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea, Jessica Tandy, Dean Stockwell
Although he is responsible for the deaths of her father and brother, Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) works as a maid for Paul Scott's (Gregory Peck) wealthy family and falls in love with him.
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When Ladies Meet 1941 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Strange Skirts
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, Spring Byington, Rafael Storm, Mona Barrie, Max Willenz, Leslie Francis, Florence Shirley
In this remake of the 1933 film, a publisher and authoress, along with their spouses, spend a weekend together. While there, the two women discuss the problems of upper-class society, some of which is not relevant today.
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1. Adventure (1945)
2. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
3. Desire Me (1947)
4. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
5. The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
6. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
7. Julius Caesar (1953)
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
8. The Law and the Lady (1951)
9. Little Women (1978)
10. Madame Curie (1943)
11. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
12. Mrs. Parkington (1944)
13. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
14. Random Harvest (1942)
15. The Singing Nun (1965)
16. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
17. That Forsythe Woman (1949)
18. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
19. The Valley of Decision (1945)
20. When Ladies Meet (1941)
aka: Strange Skirts
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